An accused international crime kingpin allegedly at the centre of an Asian cartel that controls Australia’s drug trade has sensationally been dragged here to face trial.

Fraudsters are ripping off the NDIS by up to $1.45bn a year with the disability scheme now the target of organised crime gangs, according to intelligence provided to the federal government.

These are the results Australia’s fertility doctors don’t want you to see – a league table of the success rates of IVF clinics.

And better surveillance, higher employment and the gentrification of parts of Sydney’s west have driven a steep drop in burglaries, and the city now has the lowest incidence of breaking and entering crime on the eastern seaboard.

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